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Once I was President of Crimea

Yuri Meshkov, who was elected president of Crimea in 1994, shares his memories of losing office a year later when the Ukrainian government accused him of being a separatist working in the interests of Moscow.

(Photo: Yuri Meshkov in 1995. Credit: AFP/Getty Images)

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Tue 6 May 2014 07:50GMT
麻豆社 World Service Online

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